How should Scotland respond to exotic, notifiable and emerging animal diseases?
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Question Group: Working with nature to improve plant, animal and soil health, enhancing agricultural practices, and promoting resilient food systems. It also encompasses innovation in disease control, climate adaptation for crops and stock, strengthening food safety and sustainable farming to reduce environmental pollution and boost productivity.
Sub-questions: - How can we ensure access to rapid, multidisciplinary advice and analyses to inform policy in the event of disease outbreaks?
- What are the risk factors for disease incursion and spread, and how do we reduce the risks?
- Are there improved approaches to veterinary surveillance we can take in Scotland, including risk-based strategies and policies?
- What should we expect the future demographics of the livestock industries in Scotland to be, and how will changes to industry structures, farm incomes, livestock numbers affect the risk of disease incursion and spread?
- How can modelling of disease transmission assist with the evaluation of control strategies, including epidemiological, economic and social / behavioural aspects?
- How can horizon-scanning assist in the understanding of and planning for future threats?
- How will animal health threats be affected by national and international economic, agricultural, environmental and legislative developments, given the increasingly unpredictable global geopolitical environment?
- What risks to animal health do current and new insect vector species (such as midges and mosquitoes) pose, as their distributions change with climate change, and as increasing temperatures increase their transmission potential?
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